Bill C-603: An Act to amend the Motor Vehicle Safety Act (vehicle side guards)

C-603 Second Session, Forty-first Parliament, 62-63 Elizabeth II, 2013-2014 HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA BILL C-603 An Act to amend the Motor Vehicle Safety Act (vehicle side guards) first reading, May 28, 2014 Mr. Mai 412177 SUMMARY This enactment amends the Motor Vehicle Safety Act to prohibit the manufacture or importation of vehicles in higher weight categories that are not equipped with side guards. Available on the Parliament of Canada Web Site at the following address:http://www.parl.gc.ca 2nd Session, 41st Parliament, 62-63 Elizabeth II, 2013-2014 house of commons of canada BILL C-603 An Act to amend the Motor Vehicle Safety Act (vehicle side guards) Whereas, in order to increase road safety, it is necessary to require side guards on all vehicles in higher weight categories in order to prevent unprotected road users, namely, pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists, from being pulled under the wheels of these vehicles; Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows: 1993, c. 16 MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY ACT 1. Subsection 5(1) of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act is amended by striking out “and” at the end of paragraph (g), by adding “and” at the end of paragraph (h) and by adding the following after paragraph (h): (i) in the case of a vehicle in a higher weight category, it is equipped with side guards as provided for in the regulations. 2. Schedule I to the Act is amended by adding the following in numerical order: 3. Side guards REGULATIONS Making of regulations 3. The Governor in Council must, within six months after the coming into force of this section, make regulations for the purposes of paragraph 5(1)(i). Published under authority of the Speaker of the House of Commons